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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS O-3 (Submarine # 64, later SS-64), 1918-1946
USS O-3, a 521-ton O-1 class submarine built
at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in mid-June 1918. In
November of that year, following service along the U.S. Atlantic
Seaboard, she was en route to the European combat zone when the
First World War's fighting ceased. O-3 then returned to
the East Coast and, for the next dozen years, operated in that
area and in the waters near the Panama Canal. She was decommissioned
in June 1931 and laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania.
Returned to commissioned service in February 1941, as part of
the National defense enhancements brought on by renewed war in
Europe, O-3 spent the rest of her career on training duty
in the vicinity of Long Island Sound. In mid-September 1945, soon
after the end of World War II, the old submarine was again decommissioned.
USS O-3 was sold for scrapping in September 1946.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS
O-3 (Submarine # 64, later SS-64).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 44546
USS O-3 (Submarine # 64)
Underway, circa 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101013
"O-Boats" of Submarine Division Eight
At the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, circa Christmas
1918. Note holiday greenery displayed on the submarines' superstructures.
The three outboard submarines are (from left to right):
USS O-6 (Submarine # 67);
USS O-3 (Submarine # 64); and
USS O-7 (Submarine # 68).
The two-stack ship in the left center distance is probably USS
Dubuque (Gunboat # 17).
Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman
1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98061
USS O-5 (Submarine # 66) -- left)
and
USS O-3 (Submarine # 64)
Probably at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, circa 1918-1920.
Collection of Christopher Henry William Lloyd, donated by Virginia
M. Agostini, 1990.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103193
Submarine Division 8,
Commander Guy E. Davis commanding
Nine of the Division's ten "O" type submarines at the
Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 16 August 1921.
Panoramic photograph by Crosby, "Naval Photographer",
11 Portland Street, Boston.
Submarines in the front row are (from left to right): O-3
(SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-9 (SS-70) and O-1
(SS-62).
Those in the second row are (from left to right): O-7
(SS-68), unidentified (either O-2 or O-8), O-5
(SS-66), O-10 (SS-71) and O-4 (SS-65).
Large four-stacked ship in the left center distance is the U.S.
Army Transport Mount Vernon.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 100999
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class David J. Lohr, USN (left)
Poses with two friends, a Chief Gunner's Mate (center) and a
2nd Class Machinist's Mate (right), circa 1918-1920.
The Machinist's Mate wears a USS O-3 (Submarine # 64)
band on his "flat hat".
Note the distinguishing marks on the uniform sleeves of GM2c
Lohr and the Chief. Both have the Torpedoman mark. Lohr wears
the Expert Rifleman mark, and the Chief wears the Seaman Gunner
mark.
Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman
1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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USS O-3 is visible in the background of the following
photographs:
Photo #: NH 42565
Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina
Seven "O" type submarines in drydock, circa 1919.
USS O-1 (Submarine # 62) is in the foreground. USS O-3
(submarine # 64) is next astern, to left. USS O-10 (Submarine
# 71) is the most distant, in the right center.
Outside the drydock (center background) are three destroyers,
one of which is USS Terry (Destroyer # 25), and USS Asheville
(Gunboat # 21), which is under construction.
The drydock is in the process of being filled.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 60279
Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina
Seven "O" type submarines in drydock, circa 1919.
USS O-1 (Submarine # 62) is in the foreground. USS O-3
(submarine # 64) is next astern, to left. USS O-10 (Submarine
# 71) is the most distant, in the right center.
Outside the drydock (center background) are three destroyers,
one of which is USS Terry (Destroyer # 25), and USS Asheville
(Gunboat # 21), which is under construction.
The drydock is being filled.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42564
Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina
Seven "O" type submarines in drydock, circa 1919.
USS O-10 (Submarine # 71) is in the foreground. The most
distant "boats" are O-1 (Submarine # 62) and
O-3 (submarine # 64).
The drydock is in the process of being filled.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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In addition to the images presented above, the National
Archives appears to hold other views of USS O-3 (SS-64).
The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
Photo #: 80-G-1025361
USS O-3 (SS-64) at rest offshore, with a motor launch
alongside and another submarine in the left distance, circa the
early 1920s.
Starboard bow surface view. O-3 still carries her 3"/23
retractable deck gun.
Photo #: 80-G-214546
USS O-3 (SS-64) underway on course 092T east of Long Island
Sound (position 41 20'N, 71 20'W), 8 February 1944. Photographed
from a blimp of squadron ZP-11.
Starboard broadside (somewhat toward the bow) aerial view. O-3
wears the numeral "64" on the after end of her fairwater,
and is emitting dense white clouds of exhaust smoke (or condensation)
from both sides of her after hull hull.
Photo #: 80-G-214547
As 80-G-214546, but starboard broadside (somewhat toward the
stern) aerial view.
Photo #: 80-G-237935
USS O-3 (SS-64) underway on course 090 east of Long Island
Sound (position 41 15'N, 72 10'W), at time 1430 on 17 July 1944.
Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11.
Port broadside aerial view. The numeral "64" is painted
on the after end of her fairwater. Exhaust smoke is thin and
faint.
Reproductions of these images should be available through
the National Archives photographic
reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical
Center.
The images listed in this box are NOT
in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain
them using the procedures described in our page "How to
Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
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